To make the hypothetical even more ludicrous, suppose there was an OIPC program: One iPod per Child. A friend of yours dumps $300 into this charity in order to provide a 80GB video ipod to a refugee in the Sudan. You're telling me that wouldn't bug you just a little bit?

I don't know what to tell you, other then I think it is a little self-righteous of you to presume to know how other people should spend their money. It would not bother me if someone went ahead and donated money to some program as you describe here, it is their own choice. Just as I don't get upset by Toy's For Tots programs that give toys to underprivelaged kids who probably would be better served by more practical donations of food, clothing, or education supplies themselves. I will not get upset over how someone else chooses to donate/spend their own money. Nor, do I really care for the reasons a person would choose to donate in this fashion, I don't need to buy into their ideas, again the person spending the money needs to make a choice if they like it for whatever reason who am I to say that choice is wrong.